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MASTER SOLVERS CLUB

Scores for the November 2021 Contest

Problem A

Imps
East-West vulnerable
You, South, hold:

♠ Q J 8 6

♥ Q 10

♦ A Q 2

♣ 8 6 3 2

SOUTH	WEST	NORTH	EAST
——	——	1 ♣	Pass
1 ♠	2 ♥	Double^*	Pass
?

^*BWS: three spades

What call do you make?

Action	Score	Panel Votes	% of Solvers
2 NT	100	11	27
3 ♣	90	9	51
2 ♠	80	8	17
Pass	10	0	1
3 ♥	0	0	4
3 ♦	0	0	1
else	0	0	0

Problem B

Matchpoints
North-South vulnerable
You, South, hold:

♠ J 3

♥ K Q 4

♦ A 9 6 2

♣ 10 6 4 3

SOUTH	WEST	NORTH	EAST
——	——	1 ♠	Pass
1 NT	Pass	3 ♣	Pass
?

What call do you make?

Action	Score	Panel Votes	% of Solvers
4 ♣	100	11	12
3 NT	90	8	55
3 ♠	80	7	15
3 ♦	60	2	12
6 ♣	30	0	0
3 ♥	20	0	2
5 ♣	10	0	0
4 ♠	0	0	2
4 NT	0	0	1
else	0	0	1

Problem C

Imps
Neither side vulnerable
You, South, hold:

♠ K 7

♥ J 8 7 2

♦ A 7 6 4

♣ J 8 4

SOUTH	WEST	NORTH	EAST
——	——	1 ♣	Pass
1 ♥	Pass	1 ♠	Pass
1 NT	Pass	3 ♣	Pass
?

What call do you make?

Action	Score	Panel Votes	% of Solvers
3 ♦	100	16	27
4 ♣	90	4	12
4 ♥	90	1	2
5 ♣	80	4	19
4 ♦	70	1	2
3 ♥	70	1	0
3 ♠	60	1	1
6 ♣	10	0	0
3 NT	0	0	33
Pass	0	0	2
else	0	0	2

Problem D

Imps
Both sides vulnerable
You, South, hold:

♠ 5 4

♥ A K Q J 7 5

♦ Q J 9 6

♣ A

SOUTH	WEST	NORTH	EAST
1 ♥	Pass	2 ♦	Pass
?

What call do you make?

Action	Score	Panel Votes	% of Solvers
3 ♦	100	12	59
4 ♣	80	4	12
4 ♦	80	4	4
3 ♠	70	1	0
3 ♥	60	4	15
2 ♥	50	2	7
4 NT	40	1	2
6 ♦	10	0	0
3 ♣	0	0	1
else	0	0	0

Problem E

Imps
Both sides vulnerable
You, South, hold:

♠ A

♥ A Q 9 8 3

♦ A 10 6 2

♣ J 10 4

SOUTH	WEST	NORTH	EAST
1 ♥	Pass	1 ♠	Pass
2 ♦	Pass	3 ♦	Pass
?

What call do you make?

Action	Score	Panel Votes	% of Solvers
3 ♥	100	10	31
3 NT	90	10	29
4 ♦	70	4	13
3 ♠	60	1	5
Pass	50	2	13
4 ♣	50	1	1
5 ♦	10	0	7
else	0	0	1

Problem F

Imps
Neither side vulnerable
You, South, hold:

♠ 3 2

♥ A J 2

♦ 6 4 3

♣ K J 10 6 3

SOUTH	WEST	NORTH	EAST
——	1 ♦	1 ♥	1 ♠
?^*

^*BWS: double = clubs with heart tolerance

What call do you make?

Action	Score	Panel Votes	% of Solvers
2 ♥	100	12	55
2 ♦	90	9	15
Double	70	4	23
2 ♠	60	3	2
3 ♣	30	0	3
3 ♥	10	0	0
2 ♣	0	0	2
else	0	0	0

Problem G

Matchpoints
Neither side vulnerable
You, South, hold:

♠ A 10 9 8 3

♥ A K 7 4 2

♦ 6

♣ 4 3

SOUTH	WEST	NORTH	EAST
——	1 ♣	Pass	3 ♣^*
?

^*preemptive

What call do you make?

Action	Score	Panel Votes	% of Solvers
4 ♣	100	16	48
Double	90	9	30
3 ♥	60	1	9
3 ♠	60	1	8
Pass	30	1	5
4 ♦	0	0	1
else	0	0	0

Problem H

Matchpoints
Neither side vulnerable
You, South, hold:

♠ A 6 5 4 2

♥ 6

♦ A Q 8 2

♣ 7 5 4

SOUTH	WEST	NORTH	EAST
——	——	——	1 ♥
1 ♠	2 ♥	2 ♠	4 ♥
Pass	Pass	Pass

What is your opening lead?

Action	Score	Panel Votes	% of Solvers
♠ A	100	11	57
♣ 4	90	8	19
♣ 7	90	3	5
♣ 5	90	1	4
♠ 6	70	2	6
♠ 2	70	1	2
♠ 4	70	1	1
♠ 5	70	0	0
♥ 6	60	1	6
else	0	0	0

MSC CONTEST

These are the scores that were assigned to the problems, as well as the number of votes each solution received from our expert panel, and the approximate percentage of solvers' answers.

See the November issue of The Bridge World to read the panel's in-depth discussion of these contest problems—see how each expert answered and learn how they came to their decisions.